volucer

From volō (“I fly”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lu.ker/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ʊkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lu.t͡ʃer/, [ˈvɔːlut͡ʃer]

volucer (feminine volucris, neuter volucre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. winged
   • 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III

     omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve
     et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres
     in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt

     So far does every species on earth of man and beast,
     whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,
     collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].

   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.271-272:

     ‘mella meum mūnus: volucrēs ego mella datūrās
     ad violam et cytisōs et thyma cāna vocō.’

     “Honeys [are also] my duty: [It is] I [who] call to the violet, and the clover, and the hoary thyme the winged [ones who are] about to give honeys.”
     (The poetic voice of Flora (mythology) is referring to “bees” as being “winged.” Translating “mella” as nominative and accusative plural, since the varied flowers result in differently colored and flavored honeys.)

2. flying, able to fly

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

• volucris

• “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volucer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette